On 2-8-2009 18:25, Stephen wrote:
> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 17:21:56 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> 
>> On 2-8-2009 16:54, Stephen wrote:
>>> On Sun, 02 Aug 2009 15:12:37 +0200, andrel <a_l### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>>
>>>> My wife has the strange habit of verbatim quoting entire conversations 
>>>> (i.e. without using 'and then he said' or similar to indicate she is 
>>>> still quoting) between her and somebody else. After ten minutes I get 
>>>> confused if 'you' refers to me or to that other person.
>>> Oh! Is that a bad thing then?
>> yes, because she gets angry, because I haven't been paying attention. 
>> Actually I have been listening for 10 bloody minutes and how am I to 
>> know when the quote stops if she does not tell me.
> 
> If you follow properly then you would know :)
> 
>>> You would not like to hear her talking to me :P
>> why not?
> 
> I do the same or so my wife tells me.
Take this advice of another victim of this strange behaviour: stop it. 
;) Learn to use phrases like 'he asked me if I would...' in stead of 
'will you...' and 'I asked her if...' in stead of 'will you...'. It will 
make the life of the listener so much easier. Also restrict yourself to 
the main points and don't act like a tape recorder, that will help the 
listener also to understand what you find the most important, and it 
saves time.

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